To earn one credit, PhD students will be required to engage in teaching activities/professional service assigned by the HoD/DoS or his/her delegate for 6 hours/week in any 13-week semester. Students are allowed to complete these two credits any time before thesis submission. They can choose to complete these two credits in two different semesters or within the same semester, subject to the approval of the Chief Supervisor.

Stipend recipients are not allowed to fulfil part of their departmental training requirement through the completion of these compulsory training credits.

PhD students who are required to undertake teaching supporting activities are required to complete the training programmes organised by the Educational Development Centre, English Language Centre/Chinese Language Centre (as required) before the commencement of any teaching supporting activities.

The HoD/DoS or his/her delegate are required to:

• ensure that the activities are structured and can be assessed properly;
• submit to the Subject Assessment Review Panel, at the end of the session, an assessment report on the performance of the relevant student(s), with details of activities undertaken and an overall assessment grade of Pass or Fail.